Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Eurong Beach Resort Ltd [2005] FCA 1134

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Eurong Beach Resort Ltd [2005] FCA 1134 TRADE PRACTICES – whether there is utility in a grant of bare declaration of past contraventions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) EVIDENCE – privilege against exposure to penalty – where one set of respondents entitled to claim privilege against giving certain evidence and the other respondents not entitled to such a privilege – whether respondents not having privilege excepted from their obligation to identify the evidence they will rely upon

Statutes Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 45, 46, 76, 77

Cases Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v J McPhee & Son (Australia) Pty Ltd (1997) 77 FCR 217 Cited Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Ozmanian (1996) 71 FCR 1 Cons Tobacco Institute of Australia Limited v Australian Federation of Consumer Organisations Inc (1993) 41 FCR 89 Cons Trade Practices Commission v Abbco Iceworks Pty Ltd (1994) 52 FCR 96 Dist Trade Practices Commission v Arnotts Ltd (1989) 88 ALR 90 Dist

AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION v EURONG BEACH RESORT LTD, AIGEAR PTY LTD, OSER PTY LTD, SIDNEY ALBERT MELKSHAM and ANGELA KAY BURGER

QUD 147 of 2002 KIEFEL J BRISBANE 18 AUGUST 2005

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY QUD 147 OF 2002

BETWEEN: AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION

APPLICANT

AND: EURONG BEACH RESORT LTD (NOW ACN 084 540 858 LTD) ACN 084 540 858

FIRST RESPONDENT

JAIGEAR PTY LTD ACN 010 400 503

SECOND RESPONDENT

OSER PTY LTD ACN 010 946 719

THIRD RESPONDENT

SIDNEY ALBERT MELKSHAM

FOURTH RESPONDENT

ANGELA KAY BURGER